Mine is the migrating bird

Winging over perilous regions of the ocean,

Ever tracing out the age-old path of the

Wandering waves…

from a fangu, or sacred chant, of ancient Tuamotuan, an Austronesian or Malayo-Polynesian language spoken throughout the Tuamotu Islands, part of French Polynesia in the South Pacific. Quoted in We, the Navigators: the Ancient Art of Landfinding in the Pacific by David Lewis